I made this as a wedding present for my daughter who has rather eclectic tastes,and is an Interior Designer. It is pretty straightforward but has to me a couple of interesting features.
The top is 8/4 walnut glued up in a butcher block pattern. All of the cuts were made with the TS55 and/or Kapex. There were no "second operations " before glue up. All of the joints are perfect with no gaps. Try that with your DeWalt.
I used 12mm dominoes on all joints. Leveling was accomplished with the Rotax 150. Finish sanding was to 1500 grit with ETS150/3. You could see your reflection before putting the finish on. I experimented with several oil finishes for water marks. Formby's tung oil was the only on I tried that would not allow watermarks. The satin oil actually got rid of some of the shine.
The leaves store under the top and between the slides. Very handy and they don't get scratched up getting hauled out of the closet.
The first picture shows some of the parts before welding. I tied the two pedestals together with a small I beam.
She wanted some color in the top like my office desk but the checks in the wood were too small for real turquoise. I mixed up some dyes to the right color and used the epoxy. If you zoom in on the picture of he top you can see some small veins of color. Yes the leaf is book matched.
The top is 8/4 walnut glued up in a butcher block pattern. All of the cuts were made with the TS55 and/or Kapex. There were no "second operations " before glue up. All of the joints are perfect with no gaps. Try that with your DeWalt.
I used 12mm dominoes on all joints. Leveling was accomplished with the Rotax 150. Finish sanding was to 1500 grit with ETS150/3. You could see your reflection before putting the finish on. I experimented with several oil finishes for water marks. Formby's tung oil was the only on I tried that would not allow watermarks. The satin oil actually got rid of some of the shine.
The leaves store under the top and between the slides. Very handy and they don't get scratched up getting hauled out of the closet.
The first picture shows some of the parts before welding. I tied the two pedestals together with a small I beam.
She wanted some color in the top like my office desk but the checks in the wood were too small for real turquoise. I mixed up some dyes to the right color and used the epoxy. If you zoom in on the picture of he top you can see some small veins of color. Yes the leaf is book matched.
